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Howdy, I'm John Ware : and this is the story of my cowboy life

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Clough, Ayesha
Rookwood, Hugh
Publisher
Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
Call Number
08.1 C62h
  1 website  
Author
Clough, Ayesha
Rookwood, Hugh
Responsibility
Ayesha Clough (author)
Hugh Rookwood (illustrator)
Publisher
Carstairs, Alberta, Canada : Red Barn Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
39 pages : chiefly colour illustrations, colour maps, portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History-Canada
Canada
Racism
Cowboys
Ranching
Horses
Biography
Abstract
Howdy, I’m John Ware is a children's book about Canada's legendary Black cowboy. The story, ideal for ages 6-12, brings the real-life legend to a new generation of kids. Despite experiencing enslavement, war and discrimination, this gifted horseman blazed a trail of kindness, becoming one of Alberta’s most loved and respected pioneer ranchers. (From publisher's website)
ISBN
9781999108786
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08.1 C62h
Collection
Archives Library
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Our trip around the world

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Belczyk, Renate
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Call Number
02 B41o
  1 website  
Author
Belczyk, Renate
Responsibility
Renate Belczyk
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
208 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
Women
Biography
Abstract
A spirited 1950s travelogue that takes the reader around the world during a time when two independent young women travelling alone was considered almost revolutionary. Renate Belczyk was born in Dresden, Germany, in 1932. When she was three years old her family moved to Berlin, where they settled into a small apartment building on the outskirts of the city. It was in this building that she met another adventurous girl, Sigrid, with whom she would travel around the world as young women after the Second World War. Having spent most of their childhood and teenage years climbing trees, swimming, cycling, hiking, and adventuring around Germany the two young women attended a talk by the German writer Heinrich Böll. During his presentation the renowned author suggested to the crowd that they all travel to different countries and make friends with the locals whenever they could, as this would help prevent another war. Renate and Sigrid took this advice to heart, and from that point their adventures together took flight. Starting in 1955 and travelling for three years to England, France, Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Canada, Japan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Egypt, Turkey, Macedonia, and Greece, their adventures together culminated with their joint return to Germany in 1958. In 1959 Renate returned to the Canadian Rockies to work in the backcountry, and in 1960 she married mountaineer Felix Belczyk and settled in Castlegar, BC, where they raised three children. Our Trip Around the World is an endearing snapshot of the postwar era when adventure travel – mountaineering, hiking, hitchhiking, and cycling – was enticing those with adventurous spirits to experience the world like never before. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Cover -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Early Years -- Chapter 2: Mexico, 1955-56 -- July 1955 -- September 1955 -- October 1955 -- November 1955 -- December 1955 -- January 1956 -- February 1956 -- March 1956 -- April 1956 -- May 1956 -- June-July 1956 -- Chapter 3: Canada, 1956-57 -- July 1956 -- August 1956 -- September 1956 -- Winter 1956-57 -- Spring 1957 -- May 1957 -- Chapter 4: Japan, 1957 -- May to October, 1957 -- June 1957 -- July 1957 -- Photo Section -- September 1957 -- October 1957 -- Chapter 5: India and Nepal, 1957-58 October 1957 -- November 1957 -- December 1957 -- January 1958 -- Chapter 6: Egypt, Turkey, Greece and Home, 1958 -- February 1958 -- March 1958 -- April 1958 -- May 1958 -- Afterword: A Life of Travel
ISBN
9781771603775
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
02 B41o
Collection
Archives Library
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Raven's witness : the Alaska life of Richard K. Nelson

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Lentfer, Hank
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Call Number
08 L46r
  1 website  
Author
Lentfer, Hank
Responsibility
Hank Lentfer
Publisher
Seattle, WA : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
251 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
History
History-United States
Alaska
Biography
First Nations
Inuit
Abstract
Before his death in 2019, cultural anthropologist, author, and radio producer Richard K. Nelson's work focused primarily on the indigenous cultures of Alaska and, more generally, on the relationships between people and nature. Nelson lived for extended periods in Athabaskan and Alaskan Eskimo villages, experiences which inspired his earliest written works, including "Hunters of the Northern Ice." In "Raven's Witness," Lentfer tells Nelson's story--from his midwestern childhood to his first experiences with Native culture in Alaska through his own lifelong passion for the land where he so belonged (From publisher's website)
Contents
Foreword / Barry Lopez -- Prologue: Solid Ground -- Part I: Niglik -- Part II: Making Prayers -- Part III: Island Years -- Part IV: True Wealth -- Afterword: Wings
Notes
2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Grand Prize
2020 Banff Mountain Book Award Winner - Mountain Literature
ISBN
9781680513073
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
08 L46r
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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What bears teach us

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Elmeligi, Sarah
Marriott, John E.
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Edition
First
Call Number
04.2 El6w
  1 website  
Author
Elmeligi, Sarah
Marriott, John E.
Responsibility
Sarah Elmeligi (author)
John E. Marriott (photographer)
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
223 pages : illustrations
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Ecology
Abstract
A lavishly illustrated book that explores the complex behavioural characteristics of North America’s largest land carnivores by examining the bear–human relationship from the bear’s perspective. From the first moment Sarah Elmeligi came eye to eye with a grizzly bear, her life changed. In a moment that lasted mere seconds, she began to question everything she thought she knew about bears. How could this docile creature be the same one with a fearsome reputation for vicious attacks? Through years of research, Elmeligi grew to appreciate that bears are so much more than data points, stunning photos, and sensational online stories. Elmeligi expertly weaves the science of bear behaviour with her passionate account of personal encounters. Dive into the life of a bear biologist as Sarah’s colleagues recount their own “stories from the field” – intimate moments with bears where they were connected to an animal with personality, decision-making capabilities, and a host of engaging behaviours. Join Elmeligi and Marriott on a journey that examines and shares the behaviour of black, grizzly, and polar bears in North America in a way you’ve never seen before. What Bears Teach Us will surprise you, inspire you, foster your curiosity, and teach you something new about bears and maybe even yourself. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Bears and People in North America: An Ever-Evolving Dynamic -- Chapter 1: Patience and Tolerance -- Seafood or Berries for Dinner? -- Life on the British Columbia Coast -- Life in Alberta's Mountains -- Management Conundrums -- Stories from the Field: Mating Season in the Khutz -- Chapter 2: Adaptation and Coexistence -- Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bear? It Depends... -- Predictability as the Mother of Adaptation -- Coexistence -- Stories from the Field: There's a Bear in My Parking Lot! A Human Perspective by Courtney Hughes, PhD -- Chapter 3: Knowing When to Walk Away -- Bears That Stand Their Ground -- The Role People Play -- What We Learn -- Stories from the Field: A Quiet Run-In by Dan Rafla -- Chapter 4: Resilience -- Arctic Living -- Resilience in the Face of Climate Change -- What, Where and When to Eat -- Human-Bear Conflict -- A Future for Polar Bears -- Stories from the Field: Arctic Non-Adventures by Andrew Derocher -- Chapter 5: Living in the Present Based on Lessons from the Past -- How Bears Learn -- Lessons Learned From and Around People -- The Story of Bear 148 Stories from the Field: Personality Shapes Who You Are by Sydney R. Stephens -- Chapter 6: Just Being Yourself -- Stories from the Field: Swimming is for the Birds, not the Bears -- Being Born Different -The Story of Booboo and Yogi by Julia McKay -- Bibliography -- Notes
ISBN
9781771603935
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
04.2 El6w
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Stories of ice : adventure, commerce and creativity on Canada's glaciers

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Martel, Lynn
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Edition
First
Call Number
03.4 M36s
  1 website  
Author
Martel, Lynn
Responsibility
Lynn Martel
Edition
First
Publisher
[Victoria, British Columbia] : Rocky Mountain Books Ltd.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
336 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color), color map
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Ice
Ice climbing
Glaciers
Hydrology
Abstract
With the state of global ice constantly in the news, one mountain journalist examines Canadian glaciers to uncover their secrets and their future. From a mother/daughter duo who spent five months skiing across icefields from Vancouver to Alaska, to scientists discovering biofilms deep inside glacier caverns, to protesters camping for weeks to protect their beloved local glacier, western Canada's glaciers are dynamic, enigmatic, exquisitely beautiful, sometimes dangerous environments where people play, work, run businesses, explore, and create art every single day. Author Lynn Martel is one of them. With gorgeous images by some of the country's best outdoor photographers, Stories of Ice shares the excitement, the mystery, and the wonder of Canada's glaciers and poses questions about their future. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Photographers
Prologue
Born to meld
Adventure on ice
Commerce from ice
Study of ice
Inspiration in ice
Spiritual ice
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
ISBN
9781771603898
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
03.4 M36s
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Mercer, George
Publisher
[Canada] : George Mercer,
Call Number
05.2 M46h
  1 website  
Author
Mercer, George
Responsibility
George Mercer
Publisher
[Canada] : George Mercer,
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
282 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Fiction
Bears
Bears, Grizzly
Abstract
After her parents’ divorce and the discovery of a series of cryptic notes left behind after her father is killed in an avalanche, Harking Thompson struggles to come to her own understanding of love, loss and what really matters. Caught up in a battle to save a mother grizzly bear and her cubs, Harking’s fight to protect the wildlife and wild places she loves teaches her a brutal truth: sometimes saving a life might mean losing another you love even more (from Good Reads website)
ISBN
9780987975485
Call Number
05.2 M46h
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Author's website
Websites
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Indigenous identity formation in post-secondary institutions : I found myself in the most unlikely place

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Barnes, Barbara G.
Voyageur, Cora J.
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Call Number
07.2 B26i
  1 website  
Author
Barnes, Barbara G.
Voyageur, Cora J.
Responsibility
Barbara G. Barnes
Cora J. Voyageur
Publisher
Edmonton, Alberta : Brush Education Inc.
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
132 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Anthropology
First Nations
History
Abstract
This book presents a study conducted between 2005 and 2010 of 60 self-declared Indigenous university students from western Canada. The study explored Indigenous identity formation among these students through these central research questions:
Do conventional definitions of identity, and conventional identity formation theories, offer ways to understand the identity of these Indigenous students?
What role, if any, does postsecondary education play in the formation and/or confirmation of the identity of Indigenous students as Indigenous individuals? The study is unique for two reasons. First, little scholarly attention has been paid to Indigenous individuals’ sense of identity. While the literature and research on identity is diverse, it mostly focuses on Eurocentric definitions of identity. Second, this study emphasizes Indigenous identity formation in postsecondary institutions. This book moves beyond a simple understanding of Indigenous students’ concept of identity and delves into determining the role a university education can play in the development of an Indigenous individual’s identity (from publisher's website)
Contents
Preface and dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Find the self: a history of defining Indigenous identity in Canada
Conventional and Indigenous concepts of identity
A history of Indigenous education in Canada
Who were the participants?
Identity and Blumer's symbolic interactionism: definitions and participant responses
Identity and Mihesuah's Native identity development theory: definition and participant responses
The university experience
Building on Mihesuah: a Canadian Indigenous identity formation model
References
About the authors
ISBN
9781550598544
Accession Number
P2020.08
Call Number
07.2 B26i
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Publisher's website
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Hope matters : why changing the way we think is critical to solving the environmental crisis

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Kelsey, Elin
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
Call Number
04 K27h
  1 website  
Author
Kelsey, Elin
Responsibility
Elin Kelsey
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Greystone Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
229 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Environment
Conservation
Climate change
Abstract
We are at an inflection point: today, more people than ever before recognize that climate change and biodiversity loss are urgent and existential threats. Yet constant reports of climate doom are fueling an epidemic of eco-anxiety, leaving many of us feeling hopeless and powerless—and hampering our ability to address the very real challenges we face. Hope Matters boldly breaks through the narrative of doom and gloom that has overtaken conversations about our future to show why hope, not fear, is our most powerful tool for tackling the planetary crisis. Award-winning author, scholar, and educator Elin Kelsey reveals the collateral damage of despair—from young people who honestly believe they have no future to the link between climate anxiety and hyper-consumerism—and argues that the catastrophic environmental news that dominates the media tells only part of the story. She describes effective campaigns to support ocean conservation, species resilience, and rewilding, demonstrating how digital conservation is helping scientists target specific problems with impressive results. And she shows how we can build on these positive trends and harness all our emotions about the changing environment—anger and sadness as well as hope—into effective personal and political action. Timely, evidence-based, and persuasive, Hope Matters is an argument for the place of hope in our lives and a celebration of the turn toward solutions in the face of the environmental crisis. (from publisher's website)
Contents
The power of expectation and belief -- The collateral damage of doom and gloom -- Hope is contagious -- Stories change -- The age of personalization -- We are not the only ones actively responding -- The strength of empathy, kindness, and compassion -- Trending hopeful.
Notes
Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.
ISBN
9781771647779
Accession Number
P2020.07
Call Number
04 K27h
Collection
Archives Library
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Revision and resistance : mistiko^siwak (Wooden Boat People) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Monkman, Kent
Publisher
Toronto, ON : Art Canada Institute
Call Number
06.1 M74r
  1 website  
Author
Monkman, Kent
Responsibility
Kent Monkman
Publisher
Toronto, ON : Art Canada Institute
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
127 pages (2 folded) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Art
Art galleries
Artists
First Nations
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Abstract
This book explores mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) by the internationally renowned artist Kent Monkman. Commissioned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the epic diptych exhibited in The Met’s Great Hall revisits iconic works of art, notably the famed painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze. Monkman—featured in mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) as his time-travelling, shape-shifting, gender-fluid alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle—reverses the colonial gaze of American and European art history through an Indigenous lens to present a powerful vision for the future. Revision and Resistance: mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is the definitive documentation on Monkman, his practice, and two of the most important paintings of our times. (From publisher's website)
Contents
Introduction from the Met / by Randall Griffey -- Introduction from ACI / by Sara Angel -- Introducing Miss Chief Eagle Testickle / by Shirley Madill -- Inside Kent Monkman's Studio / by Jami Powell -- Revisioning History: An Index, Part I / by Ruth Phillips & Mark Phillips -- Welcoming the Newcomers by Ruth Phillips & Mark Phillips -- Revisioning History: An Index, Part II / by Sasha Suda -- Resurgence of the People / by Sasha Suda -- Waves of History / by Nick Estes.
ISBN
9781487102258
Call Number
06.1 M74r
Collection
Archives Library
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An Empty Landscape

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
September/October 2021
Author
Mitchell, Alanna
Publisher
Aaron Kylie
Edition
Vol. 141
Call Number
P
Author
Mitchell, Alanna
Responsibility
with photography by Peter Mather
Edition
Vol. 141
Publisher
Aaron Kylie
Published Date
September/October 2021
Physical Description
p.34-44
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Alberta
Alpine tundra
Animal populations
Animals
Canada
Canadian Endangered Species Protection Act
Caribou
Climate change
Abstract
The ecological importance of the caribou and their current population decline due to climate change and human influences. Herds in the northern Canadian Rockies are already on the endangered species list.
Notes
"In Canadian Geographic, volume 141, issue 5, September/October, 2021"
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
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The Ultimate Canadian Geography Quiz: Map Edition!

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
September/October 2021
Author
Hayward, Abi, Brackley, Chris, and Westphal, Austin
Publisher
Aaron Kylie
Edition
Vol. 141
Call Number
P
Author
Hayward, Abi, Brackley, Chris, and Westphal, Austin
Edition
Vol. 141
Publisher
Aaron Kylie
Published Date
September/October 2021
Physical Description
p.46-54
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Alberta
Canada
Maps
Cartography
Abstract
Annual cartography quiz that illustrates Canadian islands, cities, rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges including the Canadian Rockies.
Notes
"In Canadian Geographic, volume 141, issue 5, September/October, 2021"
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P
Collection
Archives Library
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Editor's Notebook: Getting Out There

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Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
July/August 2021
Author
Kylie, Aaron
Publisher
Aaron Kylie
Edition
Vol. 141
Call Number
P
Author
Kylie, Aaron
Edition
Vol. 141
Publisher
Aaron Kylie
Published Date
July/August 2021
Physical Description
p.8
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Alberta
Canada
Banff
Banff (townsite)
Banff National Park
Tourism
Travel
Abstract
Editor, Aaron Kylie's address for the issue discussing Banff National Park with an image at the top of Sulphur Mountain.
Notes
"In Canadian Geographic, volume 141, issue 4, July/August, 2021"
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P
Collection
Archives Library
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Aloft : Canadian Rockies aerial photography

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25493
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Zizka, Paul
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
06.4 Z7a
Author
Zizka, Paul
Publisher
Victoria, British Columbia : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canadian Rockies
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Mountains
Nature
Environment
Abstract
An astounding, unique collection of some of the most stunning mountain landscapes in North America. There is a reason why the Canadian Rockies are some of the most photographed mountains in the world. Rugged peaks encircle glacier-fed lakes, rise up like protective walls around tree-filled valleys, and offer a stunning backdrop to open alpine meadows. They have been photographed from the valley bottoms, from the shores of famous lakes, and from the summits of prominent peaks. They are accessible by vehicle, boat, gondola, skis and hiking boots. But a lucky few have photographed the Rockies from the air. In the most comprehensive collection of aerial photos to date, Aloft: Canadian Rockies Aerial Photography by Paul Zizka gives the reader a unique bird's-eye view of this prized mountain range. From vast glaciers to winding rivers, animal overpasses to lakes that look like brilliant spills of turquoise paint on the landscape, these images provide a rare look at mountains that are as grandiose from the skies as they are from their better-known vantage points.
ISBN
9781771603973
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
06.4 Z7a
Location
Reading Room
Collection
Archives Library
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All that glitters : a climber's journey through addiction and depression

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2022
Author
Talbot, Margo
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
01.4 T14a c.1
01.4 T14a c.2
01.4 T14a c.3
Author
Talbot, Margo
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2022
Physical Description
186 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Biography
Talbot, Margo
Abstract
Born and raised in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Margo Talbot grew up with a distant mother who “ruled the household with her eyes”; a father who opted to spend much of his time away from home; and four siblings struggling to deal with their particular domestic situation. As a result of her family’s dysfunction and her own growing mental illness, young Margo rarely smiled, had difficulty connecting with others, and was plagued with a black wave of anger and sadness that overshadowed much of the world around her. In time, drugs, alcohol, sex, and violence became her primary ways to connect with herself and others. From the depths of suicidal depression and a conversation with Death, Talbot eventually found solace and redemption in both the healing power of nature and the glory of climbing frozen landscapes in some of the world’s most pristine and challenging environments. Heartbreaking, honest, energizing, and inspiring All That Glitters is a remarkable memoir that shines a fresh light of hope on mental illness.-- From back cover
ISBN
9781771604338
Accession Number
70,000 12-07-16
P2015-03-31
P2022.01
Call Number
01.4 T14a c.1
01.4 T14a c.2
01.4 T14a c.3
Collection
Archives Library
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The mountains of Banff National Park : a roadside guide to the peaks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Author
Birrell, Dave
Publisher
Alberta : Dave Birrell
Call Number
02.6 B53t
Author
Birrell, Dave
Publisher
Alberta : Dave Birrell
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
118 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Guidebook
Mountains
Banff National Park
Abstract
Through photographs, viewing tips and maps, this books will help you identify 126 peaks that are seen from the highways of Banff National Park. Knowing more about these mountains will make your visit much more reqrding. You'll learn about their naming history and the people, history, geology, and stories connected with each mountain. If you want to get to know your favourites even better, hikes that will lead you to the best trail views are suggested. Read about these outstanding peaks that we see from the highways and then keep the book in your vehicle as a hand reference. -- From back cover
ISBN
9780986533716
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
02.6 B53t
Collection
Archives Library
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Park bagger : adventures in the Canadian national parks

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Butcher, Marlis
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Call Number
02.4 B97p
Author
Butcher, Marlis
Publisher
Victoria, B.C. : Rocky Mountain Books
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
445 pages : color illustrations ; 23cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Travel
National parks
Abstract
Distributed across the second-largest country in the world, the Canadian national parks can be challenging to get to. In her quest to visit and get to know the parks, Marlis canoed, kayaked, mountain biked, backpacked, hiked, snowshoed, snorkelled, and trekked by whatever means of travel she could devise. Marlis shares her adventures, with the objective to encourage others to explore the national parks and to protect Canada's vast wilderness.
Contents
The Northwest ; Aulavik ; Vuntut ; Ivvavik ; Kluane Reserve ; Qausuittuq ; Tuktut Nogait ; Na´a´ts'i hch'oh Reserve ; Nahanni Reserve ; Wood Buffalo ; Thaidene Ne¨ne´ Reserve ; The Western Mountains ; Gwaii Haanas Reserve ; Pacific Rim Reserve ; Gulf Islands Reserve ; Mount Revelstoke ; Glacier ; Kootenay ; Yoho ; Banff ; Jasper ; Waterton Lakes ; The Prairies ; Elk Island ; Prince Albert ; Grasslands ; Riding Mountain ; Central Canada ; Pukaskwa ; Bruce Peninsula ; Georgian Bay Islands ; Point Pele ; Rouge River (Urban) ; St. Lawrence Islands ; La Mauricie ; The Northeast ; Wapusk ; Ukkusiksalik ; Quttinirpaaq ; Sirmilik ; Auyuittuq ; Mealy Mountains Reserve ; Torngat Mountains ; The East Coast ; Terra Nova ; Gros Morne ; Mingan Archipelago Reserve ; Forillon ; Kouchibouguac ; Fundy ; Prince Edward Island ; Cape Breton Highlands ; Kejimkujik ; Sable Island Reserve
ISBN
9781771604789
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
02.4 B97p
Collection
Archives Library
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An ecology of gratitude : writing your way to what matters

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Widmer-Carson, Lorraine
Publisher
Banff, Alberta : Lorraine Widmer-Carson
Call Number
05 W63p
Author
Widmer-Carson, Lorraine
Publisher
Banff, Alberta : Lorraine Widmer-Carson
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
191 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Nature
Writing
Abstract
An Ecology of Gratitude is an inspirational and practical guide that encourages readers to slow down, pay attention and write their way to what matters. Structured as a 30-day series of anecdotes, field notes and writing prompts, author Lorraine Widmer-Carson embroiders the science of gratitude with personal stories of lived experience, urging readers to open their eyes to wonders, revel in possibilites, and move toward a better tomorrow. -- From back cover
Contents
Introduction ; Day 1: Enter with a positive state of mind ; Day 2: Get comfortable being by yourself ; Day 3: Make your new habit desirable and relevant to your identity ; Day 4: The science of gratitude (and one of my most grateful moments) ; Day 5: Testing the gratitude waters in community ; Day 6: About those voices in your head ; Day 7: What will motivate you to take up your pen and open the journal today? ; Day 8: Check in and make notes to yourself ; Day 9: Gratitude and emotional ecology ; Day 10: Emodiversity - accepting that life brings blessings and curses ; Day 11: Watching nature, a source of wonder and awe ; Day 12: Kindness as a revolutionary force, part ; Day 13: Kindness as a revolutionary force, part 2 ; Day 14: Managing memories ; Day 15: Grief sits right beside gratitude ; Day 16: Condolences precede thanksgiving, words of Chief Jake Swamp ; Day 17: Invite your ideal travelling companion to share your head space ; Day 18: Other ways of remembering, including songs and smell ; Day 19: Gratitude, life purpose and well-being ; Day 20: Who can help you stay your course? You can ; Day 21: Competition vs. co-operation ; Day 22: Snakes, ladders and laddership ; Day 23: What story do you want your money to tell? ; Day 24: Join me in imagining... ; Day 25: Gratitude and systems change ; Day 26: The challenge - go back seven generations ; Day 27: The response - with help from Uncle Hugh ; Day 28: The gratitude letter - the most profound practice ; Day 29: Writing an apology or forgiveness letter ; Day 30: BHAGs and WOOP's ; Afterword
ISBN
9781777778507
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
05 W63p
Collection
Archives Library
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Confessions of a ski bum : the Bow Valley Banff to Castle Valley junction

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Author
Baranow, Marcus
Publisher
Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
Call Number
01 B23b
Author
Baranow, Marcus
Publisher
Lake Louise, Alberta : Get to the Mountains Publishing
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
350 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Series
Confessions of a Ski Bum
Subjects
Skiing
Bow Valley
Castle Mountain
Banff National Park
Winter Sports
Guidebook
Abstract
A completely rewritten and expanded edition of the book that started "confessions." Includes detailed descriptions, directions, terrain photos and maps for near-endless options, including everything from playful powder laps to yet to be skied big lines. -- from back cover
Contents
Roadside Runs; Cascade East Face ; Cascade South Face ; Cory Couloir ; Slabatha ; The Goat's Eye ; The Mason's Mistake ; Sunshine Backcountry ; Citadel Pass ; Quartz Hill ; Rock Isle, Larix & Grizzly Lakes ; Twin Cairns ; The Doors ; Wawa Ridge ; Healy Drainage ; Healy Pass ; Bourgeau Meadows ; Lost Horse Creek ; Egypt Lake ; Egypt Lake Access Routes ; Egypt Lake Exit Routes ; Shelter Runs ; The Sphinx ; Scarab Peak ; Pharaoh Peaks ; East Verdant Creek ; Massive Range Mountain ; Pilot & Brett ; Shadow Lake ; Gibbon Pass ; Shadow Valley ; Ball Pass ; Copper Mountain ; Sawback Range ; Cory Pass ; Mystic Pass ; Rockbound Lake ; Traverses
ISBN
9780991748532
Accession Number
P2022.01
Call Number
01 B23b
Collection
Archives Library
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Mountaineering : the freedom of the hills

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2020
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers Books
Edition
9th ed
Call Number
01 M86 2020
01 M86 copy 2
Responsibility
editor: Ed Peters
revision committee: Roger Anderson and others
illustrations: Robert Cram and Ramona Hammerly
Edition
9th ed
Publisher
Seattle : Mountaineers Books
Published Date
2020
Physical Description
603 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Manuals
Abstract
For more than half a century, Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills has endured as the classic mountaineering text. Available worldwide and translated into a dozen langusges, it continues to informand inspire both novice and veteran climbers today. From choosing equipment to planning an expedition, from basic rappelling techniques to tying knots and hitches, the acclaimed bible for climbers covers it all. This fully updated 9th edition reflects the latest development in mountaineering equipment and techniques. -- From back cover
Notes
Bibliography and index
Library has 2nd ed
Accession Number
16000
P2021.01
Call Number
01 M86 2020
01 M86 copy 2
Collection
Archives Library
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Indigenous celebrity : entanglements with fame

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2021
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press
Call Number
07.2 A3i
Responsibility
Edited by Jennifer Adese and Robert Alexander Innes
Publisher
Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press
Published Date
2021
Physical Description
302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Indigenous
Film making
Films
Abstract
Indigenous Celebrity speaks to the possibilities, challenges, and consequences of popular forms of recognition, critically recasting the lens through which we understand Indigenous people's entanglements with celebrity. It presents a wide range of essays that explore the theoretical, material, social, cultural, and political impacts of celebrity on and for Indigenous people. It questions and critiques the whitestream concept of celebrity and the very juxtaposition of "Indigenous" and "celebrity" and casts a critical lens on celebrity culture's impact on Indigenous people. Indigenous people who willingly engage with celebrity culture, or are drawn up into it, enter into a complex terrain of social relations informed by layered dimensions of colonialism, racism, sexism, homophobia/transphobia, and classism. Yet this reductive framing of celebrity does not account for the ways that Indigenous people's own worldviews inform Indigenous engagement with celebrity culture--or rather, popular social and cultural forms of recognition. Indigenous Celebrity reorients conversations on Indigenous celebrity towards understanding how Indigenous people draw from nation-specific processes of respect and recognition while at the same time navigating external assumptions and expectations. This collection examines the relationship of Indigenous people to the concept of celebrity in past, present, and ongoing contexts, identifying commonalities, tensions, and possibilities. -- Provided by publisher
Contents
Introduction: Indigeneity, celebrity, and fame: Accounting for colonialism / Jennifer Adese and Robert Alexander Innes ; Mino-Waawiindaganeziwin: What does Indigenous celebrity mean within Anishinaabeg contexts? / Renee E. Mazinegiizhigoo-kwe Bedard ; Empowering voices from the past: The playing experiences of retired pasifika rugby league athletes in Australia / David Lakisa, Katerina Teaiwa, Daryl Adair, and Tracy Taylor ; My mom, The ‘military mohawk princess’: Kahntinetha Horn through the lens of Indigenous female celebrity / Kahente Horn-Miller ; Indigenous activism and celebrity: Negotiating access, inclusion, and the politics of humility / Jonathon G. Hill and Virginia McLaurin ; Indigenous activism and celebrity: Negotiating access, expectation, and the politics of humility / Jonathan G. Hill and Virginia McLaurin ; Rags-to-riches and other fairytales: Indigenous celebrity in Australia 1950-80 / Karen Fox ; “Pretty boy” Trudeau vs. the “Algonquin Agitator”: Hitting the ropes of Canadian colonialist masculinities / Kim Anderson and Brendan Hokowhitu ; Famous “last” speakers: Celebrity and erasure in media coverage of Indigenous language endangerment / Jenny L. Davis ; Celebrity in Absentia: Situating the Indigenous people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Indian social imaginary / Aadita Chaudhury ; Marvin Rainwater and “the pale faced Indian”: How cover songs appropriated a story of cultural appropriation / Christina Giacona ; Collectivity as Indigenous anti-celebrity: Global Indigeneity and the Indigenous rights movement / Sheryl Lightfoot ; Makings, meanings, and recognitions: The stuff of Anishinaabe stars / w. C. Sy.
ISBN
9780887559068
Accession Number
P2022.02
Call Number
07.2 A3i
Collection
Archives Library
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